Statue of Flora

The Statue of Flora was designed by Johann Konrad Koch, and sculptured by Johann Georg Glume around 1730. It was made from sandstone imported from Saxony in Germany. It was originally placed in the centre of attic of the Grumbkow Palace in Szczecin, where it replaced a wooden statue of a sitting woman, made by Erhard Lőffler, and probably designed by Johann Georg Glume. The change was most likely caused by the renovations done after the building was bought by merchant Jacob Frederick Wietzlow. In the second half of the 19th century, it was moved to the palace garden where it stayed until the building was deconstructed in 1890. In 1906, it was placed in front of the Park Hotel in the…

The Baroque sandstone sculpture consists of three statues. Flora, goddess of flowers and spring in the Roman mythology, stands in centre, depicted in a dynamic pose, holding a flower basket in her right hand, and reaching to it with her left hand. She is dressed in a draped dress, grided with a flower garland. Next to her legs stand two putti, figures of chubby male children, depicted naked and with wings. The one to her sits putting flowers to a basket, while the other, stands resting on her leg, on top of a cornucopia. The sculpture has the height of 290 cm, and width of 250 cm.